Legacy
The contrast between Lynn and Trixi Schuba was one of the reasons why the International Skating Union devalued the weight of compulsory figures in competition by introducing the short program. Since compulsory figures were rarely televised and were not well understood by the general public, television audiences were confused and angry when superior free skaters such as Lynn consistently lost competitions to mediocre free skaters such as Schuba.
She remains probably the best skater never to have won the ultimate prize of World or Olympic champion, and one of the top freestyle skaters of all time.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)